mouser

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noun

Plural noun:

mousers

1.
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose. [from 15th c.]
2.
(Scotland, US)(chiefly Scotland, US) A moustache.

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From Middle English mousere (a hunter of mice), equivalent to mouse + -er or --er. The “moustache” sense is apparently an extended usage (i.e., a cat’s whiskers, jocularly transferred to human beings), possibly with influence from moustache.